Baking-pan.



.E. WING BAKING P'AN. APPLICATION FILED MAY 5, 19.09.

' 955,033, Patented Apr. 12, 1910.

v slightly UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ESTHER WING, OF EUREKA, CALIFORNIA.

BAKING-PAN.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, ESTHER ING, a cit1- States, residing fully form a perfect pie crust, or pastry shell for pies or the like; and so design and claimed, having reference to the accompanying drawings, in

Figure l is a plan View of the pan. Fig.

2 is a side elevation, partly in section.

represents the bottom of a pan of any suitable shape or size, having turned, peripheral annular rim 2 of any desirable depth, the bottom edges of which are flared outwardly to form a bead 3. Extending crosswise beneath the pan and in a stove, so that the beneath and around the pan.

In operation, the user grasps the central portion of the strip 4 beneath the pan in one hand, and with the other places the rolled unbaked dough sheet over the pan, spread ing it neatly so that it is shaped over the bottom A and down the sides 2, just like the finished crust is to be. e pan is then set in the oven, resting on the feet 4:- If desired, the pan may be pierced at different points with small holes 5 to insure thorough evenness of baking of the crust.

When the baking has been finished, the

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed May 5, 1909.

d air has a perfectly free circulation Patented Apr. 12, 1910.

Serial No. 494,149.

the oven until done. B this device it is 1 possible to make crusts of p I perfectly baked.

Manifestly, pans or plates of various l shapes and sizes may be used, and the invention is applicable f forming any sort of Having thus described my invention, What claim and desire to secure by Letters Patcut is 1. A device for shells which comprises a pan havlng an elepan in an inverted position, and legs at the edge of the an extending beyond the plane of said handle and adapted to support the pan above the level of a heating surface. 2. A device for cooking pastry shells comprising a convexed device, over the convexity of which the pastry material the peripheral edge of out-turned to form an of the pan and to said the strip turned down to form legs.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing Wit- 

